Vasco | Hera | Gameplay |
Pacha | Ganji/Barles | Guess |
Sumanguru | Sebastien | Gold Rush was his first choice in last round, also won all matches in qualis |
Jean | Mihai | Palisades |
Jadwiga | Ganji/Barles | Guess |
Otto | MBL | Gameplay |
Gregory | ACCM | Similar draft with Sigismund, and also his fav maps from HC4 was chosen and banned by Tatoh at first two pick - perfect draft by Tatoh |
Gajah | Tatoh | Gameplay |
Stephen | Daut | Gameplay |
Selim | Vinch | Always choses Mudflow first, also no water maps |
Khosrau | Sitaux | Islands game, he won Islands games in qualis |
Sigismund | Yo | Similar draft with ACCM, probably training partner |
Alfred | Liereyy | Gameplay |
Jan | Viper | Gameplay |
Robert | Jordan | Islands choice, and other draft choices fits GL tendency |
Alex | Heartt | Similar play to Vasco and Alfred |
Won't question everything you said and pretend to correct, but as you just said "guess", allow me to say that this probably makes more sense to flip Barles and Ganji in your guesses.Edit: Corrected copy paste errors, added reasons
My list now:
I think we're witnessing the "overcooking" of people who don't want to see upsets/player underperforming so try to move people around to fit Yo and ACCM so that they are not out, or at least if they are out so that they performed.I'm surprised some are considering someone else than Tatoh for Gaja with that Cumans trush g1. So flawlessly executed
yeah edited as Barles/Ganji, I don't know them well, but checking past drafts, you might be right.Won't question everything you said and pretend to correct, but as you just said "guess", allow me to say that this probably makes more sense to flip Barles and Ganji in your guesses.
Pacha first banned Cross, like Ganji throughout qualifier, and went for boomy/cav civs, like Ganji.
Jadwiga went for more archer civs, which is more Barles, and Saracens which Barles love.
Similarities between the players but that would make more sense imo.
I also don't see the draft similarities you pointed between Sigismund and Gregory
I never said that I practiced with tatoh. I think I have never practiced with him in my entire career. What i said its that I have only seen the cuman 2tc boom + towers from tatoh, accm, villese in recent times.many..
tatoh as gregory: -same draft strat as Daut as King stephen (as always in HC)
-doesn't hesitate to throw the gg when other players would consider the game as still playable (g1, g2)
-gg wp, gl next
-ban islands (he did the same in nac and other tournaments)
-nicov leaked that he practiced with tatoh and he did the same draft
- full hybrid map draft
Hera as Gajah:
- 100 vils on food and 30 hussars in queue (g2)
- Only one that can beat Tatoh 4-0
- Early Khmer pick
I never said that I practiced with tatoh. I think I have never practiced with him in my entire career. What i said its that I have only seen the cuman 2tc boom + towers from tatoh, accm, villese.
May be they didn't train at all, MBL style, showed up on matchday. JK.Didn’t you play a 2v2 tournament with him a million years ago?
May be they didn't train at all, MBL style, showed up on matchday. JK.
I actually don't remember it, which tournament was it?
Map draft is not very relevant between teammates. Teammates tend to share similar understanding of maps, but two teammates can love or hate the same map. They're not the same person, you'd just expect them to see meta the same way.2 out of 3 draft selections are similar, especially first one, and Bay was Tatoh's first pick, HC4 favorite map.
Yeah, I guess you are right.I think it was called Return of the King or something. The finals were cocast by ZeroEmpires, Resonance and a bit by Nili.
I don't remember whether we prepared or not as it was back in 2017 or so... and it was 2v2, so it doesn't really matter at all when we are talking about HC5.Didn’t you play a 2v2 tournament with him a million years ago?
Have they ever played past the point of having trees on the map while relying on wood units? And if Nicov criticized Gregory for resigning too early there, he's a hypocrite considering he resigns quicker than average by pro standards.
I don't remember whether we prepared or not as it was back in 2017 or so... and it was 2v2, so it doesn't really matter at all when we are talking about HC5.
The game was completely over for the goths guy. And I usually resign when i'm pretty sure the game is over for me. The early resign meme is just a myth repeated by clueless casters over the past few years. It may be the true for some ocassional random ranked games where there is no money on the line, of course.
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I have had such a hard time figuring out nearly half the players in this edition. HC4 was hella easy to find almost everyone in round1. Now this is definitely more interesting!
Lol man!T90 can stick a fork in me because I am coooooooooooooooooooooooooked.
Islands was the first ban for Selim too. No way Vinch would do that when he's repeatedly picked islands in the qualifiers and seemed comfortable on it. Also agree about the Spanish pick.I don't buy Vinchester banning Islands, personally. Or going Spanish.
Why bewildered? It is so obvious that Sigismund is Yo that Chinese community almost reaches consensus. The way he gathered vils into tc to kill deers instead of just shooting them even if deers are within one tile of vils; Romans; Bohemians castle age handcannoners; Double clicking idle vils on farms but forgot to change the setting, ending up being a disaster lol etc.If Selim was Vinch then who the hell was Yo? I’m still bewildered by how many people ID’d him as Sigismund, certainly.
Interesting. I'd be curious to know the Chinese community's opinion on some of the other players too that we're not too sure about (Sumanguru, Gregory, Selim, Jadwiga).Why bewildered? It is so obvious that Sigismund is Yo that Chinese community almost reaches consensus. The way he gathered vils into tc to kill deers instead of just shooting them even if deers are within one tile of vils; Romans; Bohemians castle age handcannoners; Double clicking idle vils on farms but forgot to change the setting, ending up being a disaster lol etc.
I'm intrigued specifically by your choices for Robert and Sumanguru. The mid-late game stonewalling in one of the games Sumanguru won was classically Jordan IMO, and the vibe I got when watching Sumanguru was quite similar to the solid performances I saw from Jordan at NAC5. I don't think 6 weeks of not playing is a major issue if you have been playing very well immediately prior.Edit: Corrected copy paste errors, added reasons
My list now:
Vasco Hera Gameplay Pacha Ganji/Barles Guess Sumanguru Sebastien Gold Rush was his first choice in last round, also won all matches in qualis Jean Mihai Palisades Jadwiga Ganji/Barles Guess Otto MBL Gameplay Gregory ACCM Similar draft with Sigismund, and also his fav maps from HC4 was chosen and banned by Tatoh at first two pick - perfect draft by Tatoh Gajah Tatoh Gameplay Stephen Daut Gameplay Selim Vinch Always choses Mudflow first, also no water maps Khosrau Sitaux Islands game, he won Islands games in qualis Sigismund Yo Similar draft with ACCM, probably training partner Alfred Liereyy Gameplay Jan Viper Gameplay Robert Jordan Islands choice, and other draft choices fits GL tendency Alex Heartt Similar play to Vasco and Alfred